Northland farmers have just two months left to meet a July deadline to keep stock out of the region’s tidal areas.
A new fee and increases in existing resource consent charges are proposed as the Northland Regional Council moves to both learn more about the region’s freshwater resources and ensure there is enough to go around in future.
The public has one month from today to comment on the direction the Northland Regional Council intends to take over the next decade.
The local authority leaders of Auckland’s neighbours have met to work through some of the initial implications of plans to super size the city.
Northlanders are being urged to comment on a new draft local authority transport programme that could ultimately see more than a billion dollars spent on the region’s transport needs over the next decade.
Government plans to investigate finfish and oyster farming opportunities in Northland in a bid to grow New Zealand's aquaculture industry have been welcomed by the Northland Regional Council.
Independent Commissioners have granted the Northland Regional Council resource consents to dredge 22 coastal stream mouths to ensure water can flow freely from them to the sea.